From slave abuse to hate crime: the criminalization of racial violence in American history

Machine generated contents note: 1. Towards a historical and sociological analysis of the criminalization of racial violence; 2. Progressive criminalization at the heart of darkness?: The legal response to the victimization of slaves in the colonial and antebellum South; 3. 'Social equality is...

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Main Author: Aaronson, Ely (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2014
In:Year: 2014
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 7157
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Keywords:
African Americans > Crimes against
African Americans > Crimes against > History
HISTORY / United States / General
Hate Crimes
Hate Crimes > History > United States
Race Relations
USA > Rassendiskriminierung > Kriminalisierung > Geschichte
United States > Race relations > History > United States > History
Violence
Violence > History > United States
Violent crimes
Violent crimes > History > United States
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: 883361612
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Summary:Machine generated contents note: 1. Towards a historical and sociological analysis of the criminalization of racial violence; 2. Progressive criminalization at the heart of darkness?: The legal response to the victimization of slaves in the colonial and antebellum South; 3. 'Social equality is not a subject to be legislated upon': the rise and fall of federal pro-black criminalization policy, 1865-1909; 4. 'We bring it out in the open, where it can be seen and dealt with': campaigning for criminalization reform in the long civil rights movement, 1909-1968; 5. Criminalizing racial hatred, legitimizing racial inequality: hate-crime laws and the new politics of pro-black criminalization; 6. Conclusion: criminalization reform and egalitarian social change -- an uneasy relationship
"This book explores the complex ways in which political debates and legal reforms regarding the criminalization of racial violence have shaped the development of American racial history. Spanning previous campaigns for criminalizing slave abuse, lynching, and Klan violence and contemporary debates about the legal response to hate crimes, this book reveals both continuity and change in terms of the political forces underpinning the enactment of new laws regarding racial violence in different periods and of the social and institutional problems that hinder the effective enforcement of these laws. A thought-provoking analysis of how criminal law reflects and constructs social norms, this book offers a new historical and theoretical perspective for analyzing the limits of current attempts to use criminal legislation as a weapon against racism"--
Item Description:Includes index. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XIII, 205 Seiten
ISBN:9781107026896
110702689X
9781107608542
1107608546